Daniel Tate

Tate founded IntegrityTO following Toronto City Council's 2023 decision to rename Yonge–Dundas Square to Sankofa Square.^[3] Tate opposed the renaming and has made the issue a focus of his municipal advocacy.^[2]

IntegrityTO gained thousands of online followers for its criticism of Toronto's municipal government.^[3] The group is critical of progressive members of council and opposes policies including the Dundas Square renaming, harm-reduction measures and dedicated bus lanes.^[3]

IntegrityTO has also published images and videos depicting homelessness, public drug use and disorder in Toronto. Tate has argued that the material shows conditions that are being inadequately addressed by the administration of Mayor Olivia Chow, while critics have described some of the group's posts as dehumanizing vulnerable people.^[3]

Use of artificial intelligence

IntegrityTO has used generative artificial intelligence to create some of its political images and videos. The group's online material has included AI-generated depictions of conditions in Toronto and content criticizing municipal policies and politicians.^[4] Its use of AI-generated material formed part of wider criticism of the group's social-media tactics, including concerns about the tone and presentation of its posts.^[4]

In November 2025, IntegrityTO posted an AI-generated video opposing proposed changes to Toronto's neighbourhood retail rules. The video depicted people loitering around a 7-Eleven on a residential street with garbage on the ground and received more than 90,000 views. Versions posted to X and Instagram did not identify the video as AI-generated.^[5]

Tate defended IntegrityTO's use of AI-generated political material, comparing it to caricatures in political cartoons and arguing that the group's videos were rendered in a way that made their artificial nature apparent.^[5] He also defended IntegrityTO's broader social-media approach as a way of drawing attention to problems in Toronto that he believed were being inadequately addressed.^[4]

Tate became involved in a public dispute with Toronto Centre councillor Chris Moise following a January 16, 2025 budget town hall in Toronto Centre. Tate approached Moise as the councillor was leaving the meeting and questioned him about his role in the renaming of Yonge–Dundas Square. Tate recorded the exchange and later released the video.^[2]

During the exchange, Moise told Tate that he believed Tate had a "white supremacy view". Tate replied by asking whether Moise was calling him a white supremacist and demanded an apology. Moise accused Tate of having harassed his staff for months and refused to apologize.^[2]

Several days later, Tate filed a complaint against Moise with the Toronto Integrity Commissioner.^[2] In March 2026, the commissioner concluded that Moise had violated Article 14 of the city's Code of Conduct by engaging with a member of the public in a derogatory manner while acting in his official capacity. The remarks were found to have been directed at a specific individual and capable of causing reputational harm.^[2]

No penalty was recommended because of the circumstances of the interaction, including Tate's questioning of Moise as the councillor attempted to leave the meeting and Tate's subsequent release of the recording.^[2] IntegrityTO criticized the absence of a penalty and called on council to impose one. Tate said derogatory rhetoric by public officials could discourage citizens from participating in municipal politics.^[2]

Moise rejected the commissioner's conclusion and said he had "no regrets", stating that he would continue to speak out against racism, bigotry and white nationalism.^[2]

The dispute continued after the commissioner's ruling. Moise accused Tate of harassing him and his staff and alleged that Tate disproportionately targeted racialized public officials. Tate denied holding racist views.^[3]

In May 2026, Toronto City Council agreed to reimburse Moise for half of the legal expenses he incurred responding to Tate's complaint. Moise had sought reimbursement for approximately $28,000 in legal fees associated with the Integrity Commissioner's investigation.^[6][7]

On July 22, 2026, Tate announced his intention to register as a candidate for Ward 13, Toronto Centre, in the 2026 municipal election, in an attempt to unseat Moise who is running for re-election in the ward. ^[3]

Moise had been a frequent target of IntegrityTO's online campaigning, particularly over the Sankofa Square renaming and the city's harm-reduction policies.^[3]

Tate became involved in Toronto's music scene as a teenager, working on the street team for the hip-hop and R&B concert promoter REMG while studying political science at York University. He later became the company's director of promotions.^[8]

During that period, Tate began saving concert flyers and other promotional material rather than discarding them after shows. A collection stored at his parents' home later became the basis of The Flyer Vault, an Instagram project he launched in 2015. Tate subsequently expanded the collection beyond material he had personally accumulated by researching at the City of Toronto Archives, the Toronto Reference Library and newspaper archives.^[8]

By 2019, Tate had assembled approximately 8,000 images documenting Toronto's musical history. His research led him to collaborate with York University musicologist Rob Bowman, and the two co-authored The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History, with a forward by Geddy Lee of Rush. Published by Dundurn Press in October 2019, the book drew on 170 items from the larger collection and traced Toronto concert history from the nineteenth century through the modern era.^[8][9]